Desktop Tips

Tip #755

September 25, 2025

Open a folder full of bookmarks with Quick Commands.

Starting to work on a project and need to open a bunch of bookmarks? Instead of opening the necessary links one by one, open them all in one go with the help of Quick Commands.

To open all bookmarks in a folder:

  1. Open Quick Commands.
  2. Start typing the bookmark folder’s name.
  3. Click on the suggestion in the “Open All Bookmarks in Folder” section.
Quick Commands open in Vivaldi browser. An arrow points at a search result to open all bookmarks in a folder.

Tip #754

September 23, 2025

Click the Tab Button to find all your tabs in one place.

The Tab Button pop-up is a unified place to find, switch, close, and recover your tabs in all your Workspaces and Windows without interrupting your browsing flow.

In the Tab Button pop-up, you’ll find your:

  • Open Tabs
  • Unread Tabs
  • Inactive Tabs
  • Duplicate Tabs
  • Synced Tabs
  • Recently Closed Tabs

Tip #753

September 18, 2025

Swipe on the trackpad to move back and forth in history.

Whether you have a trackpad on your laptop or a standalone one, using a swipe gesture on it makes moving between web pages a breeze.

  • To move back in history, with two fingers, swipe from left to right.
  • To move forward in history, with two fingers, swipe from right to left.

PS. It also works for swipe gestures on touch screens! 😉

Vivaldi browser window. An arrow on the left edge of the window indicates a possibility to go back in history.

Tip #752

September 16, 2025

Give your synced devices distinct names.

It makes browsing with Vivaldi easier when each instance you sync has a clear name. For example, you’ll find tabs open on other devices faster, and sending a single tab to another device is quicker too. When you start syncing, you can give the synced Vivaldi instance a name during login, but you can also rename the device when Sync is already active.

To rename the device on desktop:

  1. Go to Settings > Sync.
  2. Click the pencil icon next to the current device name.
  3. Type in the new name and press “Enter”.

To rename the device on Android or iOS:

  1. Go to Settings > Sync.
  2. Tap “Edit” next to the current device name.
  3. Type in the new name.
  4. Tap “Confirm”.
Sync settings open in Vivaldi on Android (in the foreground) and desktop. Arrows point at the device name's "Edit" buttons

Tip #751

September 11, 2025

Re-enable password saving for certain sites by removing them from the Declined Sites list.

To make logging into accounts easier, you can save your passwords in Vivaldi. After you’ve logged in to a new website, you’re asked whether you want to save the password or not. In case you select “Never”, you won’t be asked again. In case you change your mind and do want to save passwords for that website, here’s what you need to do.

To remove websites from the Passwords’ Declined Sites:

  1. Go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Passwords > Declined Sites.
  2. Select the website you want to remove from the list.
  3. Click on the “Remove site” button at the bottom of the list.
Passwords section in Vivaldi browser's Privacy and Security settings. An arrow points at the "Remove Site" button at the end of Declined sites list.

Tip #750

September 9, 2025

Ensure that articles on your Reading List have the correct read status.

You can reduce the number of open tabs by adding pages you want to check later to the Reading List. When you open a page from the Reading List, it gets marked as read automatically. In case you changed your mind about reading the article or didn’t get a chance to finish, you can mark the page as unread again.

To mark a page as unread:

  1. Open the Reading List panel or Reading List pop-up.
  2. Find the page you want to mark as unread.
  3. Click on the eye icon next to the page title.

Similarly, by clicking the checkmark icon next to an unread page, you can mark it as read.

Reading List Panel open in the Vivaldi browser. A magnified version of the Mark as read button shows the location of the button.

Tip #749

September 4, 2025

Save notes you’ve made in Vivaldi Notes as PDF files.

You can jot down ideas, save useful stuff you find online, make lists, and more with Vivaldi Notes. Some notes may be important enough for you to want to share them with others or access them from outside the browser or even your computer. In that case, you may be interested to know how to save notes as a PDF file or print them on paper.

To save or print a note:

  1. Open the note in the Notes Manager.
  2. Go to the main Vivaldi menu > File > Print.
  3. Select the destination, for example, “Save as PDF” or your printer.
  4. If needed, adjust other settings.
  5. Click “Save”/”Print”.
Vivaldi browser window with Print preview and settings open in the foreground.

Tip #746

August 26, 2025

Choose an animation for loading tabs.

You can get a hint that the web page in the active tab is loading from the Address Field, which temporarily turns into a progress bar. In addition, you can see when a tab is loading on the Tab Bar. This is especially useful for your tabs in the background, which might be loading, for example, when you’ve set up Periodic Reload. There are a few animation options available, so you can select the one you like most.

To select an animation:

  1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Page Load Progress.
  2. Choose between:
    • Progress Bar
    • Favicon Progress
    • Favicon Spinner (shown in the image below)
    • None
Vivaldi browser with a web page loading in a tab. An arrow points at the favicon spinner on the Tab Bar.

Tip #744

July 29, 2025

Drag and drop files to Vivaldi Mail’s composer to attach them to the email.

Sending files via email is easy with Vivaldi Mail. Try out the two ways you can attach files to your outgoing messages, following the instructions below.

To add attachments:

Option 1

  1. Click on the Add Attachment button on the email composer’s menu.
  2. Locate the file and select it.
  3. Click “Open”.

Option 2

  1. Place the file folder and the Vivaldi window with the email composer side by side.
  2. Drag the file you want to attach from its folder to the email composer.
  3. Release the mouse button to add the file.
Vivaldi Mail's composer window. A file is being dragged over the content section to attach it to the email.

Tip #743

July 24, 2025

Decide for how many days tabs should be considered active.

Vivaldi’s tab management features make it easy to manage the tabs you’ve accumulated across all your windows and Workspaces. The Inactive Tabs list in the Windows Panel gives you an overview of tabs you haven’t looked at in a while and makes it easy to close them if they’re no longer needed.

To choose the inactivity cutoff point for tabs:

  1. Go to Settings > Tabs > Tab Display > Inactive Tabs.
  2. Move the slider to choose the number of days for determining inactivity.
Tab settings in Vivaldi. An arrow points at the "Inactive Tabs" setting.

Tip #740

July 15, 2025

Use Vivaldi Feed Reader without enabling the mail and calendar clients.

If you’re settled with other ways than using Vivaldi Mail and Calendar to manage your emails and events, but still want to make use of the Feed Reader, you can enable only one of the clients in our productivity features trio.

To enable Feeds:

  1. Go to Settings > Feeds.
  2. Select “Enable Feeds”.
Vivaldi Feeds settings. An arrow points at the "Enable Feeds" option,

Tip #739

July 11, 2025

Choose a preferred DNS Over HTTPS provider.

In order to open a website, its IP address has to be fetched via a DNS (Domain Name System) provider. Secure DNS accesses DNS servers over HTTPS and encrypts all the data being transferred between your device and the DNS servers.

To choose a DNS provider in Vivaldi on desktop:

  1. Go to Settings > Network.
  2. Make sure DNS Lookup Over HTTPS is enabled.
  3. Select your preferred provider.
Vivaldi browser's Network settings page. an arrow points at the "DNS over HTTPS" setting.